dahwolf

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by dahwolf 3y ago
I guess I deserved that. I will agree that iPhones are incredible and that we're a spoiled bunch. But still from a iteration point of view, this one was historically underwhelming. Which might indeed mean some longer running projects w
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by dahwolf 3y ago
Let me guess...fast charging? Don't do it. Ruins batteries.
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by dahwolf 3y ago
Same, I'm a middle-of-the-road user. I piggy back on the better hardware once every 3-4 years but haven't noticed a meaningful difference in my total experience since the iPhone 6s. Almost every new iOS feature is also entirely lo
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by dahwolf 3y ago
Picturing a real-world situation here in my recent past... We start with the pinnacle of engineering, a SPA, could be built in React, Vue, whichever. It loads, which on slower smartphones takes a long time as they suck in running JS. When i
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by dahwolf 3y ago
Exactly. Software developers will never learn that the separation of concerns is a myth. In reality, UI, business logic and data are deeply entangled. Hence, moving these things apart makes everything worse.
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by dahwolf 3y ago
"Splitting a system into subsystems allows each team to focus on their piece of the puzzle while minimizing the amount of peer-to-peer coordination." The coordination is still there because a microservice team does not live in a v
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by dahwolf 3y ago
A large part as in 1 minute?
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by dahwolf 3y ago
That currently seems to be the case, but it's a puzzling strategy. It's a digital company that is trying to increase revenue with services instead of just hardware. How can you ignore gaming whilst offering your own streaming serv
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by dahwolf 3y ago
The entire announcement is an exercise in masking that they're running out of ideas. Excessive lectures on environmental footprint. Lots of cultural/humanitarian story telling, a pile of non-relatable tech info where they only bri
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by dahwolf 3y ago
Well, not anymore. You can now take a wide landscape shot of some beautiful scenery, and then go home and sit on a couch all by yourself to look at it with a VisionPro. Allegedly, it's impressive, almost like you were there ;)
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by dahwolf 3y ago
I was just objecting to the idea that being against discrimination seems like a no-brainer. It isn't because the status quo widely allows it, if only it's the correct type.
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by dahwolf 3y ago
If I have to believe several recent articles, there's an interesting gender imbalance as well. Whereas young women are making spectacular gains in higher education (in numbers, scores, degrees), young men are not going to college at al
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by dahwolf 3y ago
I'm honestly shocked at how high property tax in the US is. I'm from the Netherlands, where property tax is based on the municipality. A 400K home where I live amounts to 423€ in yearly property tax. Rate increases over time are c
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by dahwolf 3y ago
I'm sure you mean that in a financial way, but let's not forget about the social aspect. I'm currently in a phase where the boomers in our family are moving into permanent elderly care, as well as a few that have passed on al
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by dahwolf 3y ago
I'll raise that number to 10 million. Meaning, there's a decent chance to make it, but I wouldn't trust it. We're talking about crossing 30-35 years, in an exponentially changing world that is exceptionally volatile. The
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by dahwolf 3y ago
This is simply the American take on dishwashers. It should be done in 5 minutes, make no noise, be enormous in size, and I'll load it up with 2 items multiple times per day. Energy use be damned.
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by dahwolf 3y ago
Musk has never stated to run X/Twitter using absolute free speech. Which makes total sense because you can't run a social network using this principle.
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by dahwolf 3y ago
And yet so-called "reverse discrimination" is widespread, normalized and even celebrated. Hate towards all men, all white people, specifically white men, straight people, "cis" people, old people, neuro-typical people, a
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by dahwolf 3y ago
No matter where you stand, I think it's good that this is happening. The CA law might be overreaching whilst Twitter might be too lax. Hopefully a head-to-head brings clarity on an important topic. With the CA law, EU regulation, app s
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by dahwolf 3y ago
Having your savings in Bitcoin is a bad idea, especially for people that don't have much wealth the begin with. It's strange though that the remittance scenario is so little used. The idea was that dollar remittances have high fee
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by dahwolf 3y ago
Not just VB, but also things like Borland Delphi. 25 years ago, you could visually compose a UI using standardized components, including advanced concepts like a layout manager. You could do data-binding visually by navigating a linked data
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by dahwolf 3y ago
"Consider the future generations, increasingly isolated and reliant on virtual interactions, and it's hard to imagine how they could resist such a prospect." What future generations :)
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by dahwolf 3y ago
Just be handsome and rich.
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by dahwolf 3y ago
It actually is when it comes to the decision of watching a movie.
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by dahwolf 3y ago
Thanks for a reasonable discussion. Whilst hobbyists can still use whatever they want, including simple options, I in particular empathize with those new to the field or looking to turn a hobby into a job. You need to know React/Typesc
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by dahwolf 3y ago
It seems most -isms inevitably leads to the superficially similar situation of a tiny elite either having total power or owning (almost) all resources, and thus power. Most would still prefer capitalism as at least it offers more personal f
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by dahwolf 3y ago
I was looking at the bigger picture, and didn't clarify that point enough. What I mean to say is that web development was more accessible during simpler times. People from all walks of life would develop websites, flash stuff, and even
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by dahwolf 3y ago
Except that most code actually isn't passing around random unnamed objects of unknown type or contents. Their meaning and type are implied clearly enough in many if not most cases by their name and usage. Hence, the downside is doing a
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by dahwolf 3y ago
Typescript is divisive. People are passionate in loving it or hating it, not to forget a silent majority that never even tried it. Typescript is totalitarian. It consumes you whole. It makes no sense to partially adapt it as its supposed be
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by dahwolf 3y ago
My bold prediction is that reactive frameworks will eventually be considered a mistake, as will its functional programming paradigms. It's all very computer-sciency and academic but it's simply not intuitive enough when used by a

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